Device for preventing refilling of vessels.



No. 683,058. Patented Sept. 24, l90l. W. J. MURRAY.

DEVICE FOR PREVENTING BEFl-LLING 0F VESSELS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM JOSEPH MURRAY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DEVICE FOR PREVENTING REFILLING OF VESSELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 58, dated September 24, 1901.

Application filed January 28, 1900. Serial No. 2,557. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J OSEPH MUR- RAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Preventing the Refilling of Vessels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in a device for preventing the refilling of vessels, and has for its object to provide a device which is simple and inexpensive in construction and easy to operate and also to pro vide a device that can be fixed in the neck of a bottle or any other vessel and while therein will allow the contents of the vessel to be poured out, but which will not permit the entrance of liquid.

It consists of the features and combination of features, as hereinafter more fully described and specifically claimed.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing,which shows a central vertical section of the same.

In. the drawing, in which like letters of reference denote like parts, A represents the stopper, which is adapted to be inserted and permanently fixed in any vessel desired. The stopper consists of a hollow body portion B, open at the end 0 and provided with a flange D and closed at the other end by a wall E, which is provided with an outletopening F, made inwardly flaring.

G and H are partitions provided with oblique perforations G.

H is a bracket provided with a socket I, a

4o lug I, and a beveled portion 1 on its under side.

J is a pivoted gravitating valve, one end provided with a head K, adapted to engage the socket I, and a groove K, and the opposite end L weighted and provided with a projection M, adapted to engage and be seated in the outlet-opening F.

N is a weight fixed in the end L.

In order to allow the insertion of the valve, the stopper may be made in two parts and then joined together, or it may be made in any other suitable manner.

The operation is as follows: The stopper is placed in the neck of the vessel and either cemented or fused therein. WVhen it is de- .sired to remove the contents of the vessel,

valve pivoted to the under side of the bracket,

substantially as described.

2. A device for preventing the refilling of vessels comprising a hollow stopper adapted to be inserted in the mouth of a vessel and provided with an outlet-opening in the bot tom, a bracket above said bottom beveled on its lower surface, a valve pivoted to the under side of the bracket the movement of which is limited by abutting against the bev eled surface of the bracket, and a series of perforated partitions, substantially as described.

' 3. A device for preventing the refilling of vessels comprising a hollow stopper adapted to be inserted in the mouth of a vessel and provided with an outlet-opening in the bottom, a bracket above said bottom beveled on its under surface 'and provided with a lug, and a valve having a groove with which said lug engages, substantially as described.

4. A device for preventing the refilling of vessels comprising a hollow stopper adapted to be inserted in the mouth of a vessel and provided with an outlet-opening in the bottom, a bracket above said bottom beveled on its under surface and provided with a lug, a socket between the bottom of the stopper and the bracket, a valve having a head adapted to engage said socket, and a groove with which the lug on the bracket engages, and a series of perforated partitions, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM JOSEPH MURRAY.

Witnesses:

J os. H. BLAOK'WOOD, WALTER O. BLAOKWOOD. 

